Garment support



Feb. 27, 1923. 1,447,130

l. L. GATES GARMENT SUPPORT Filed Aug. 24, 1922' Patented Feb. 27, 1923 Lariat v .ara enterqaain raic anomete s" cnniamv'r surronr n rp ie tida-niedau ust 24 1922.sari -Lin 15 .9 t

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Be it known that I, ISABEL Lrnnns GATES, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements.

in Garment Supports, of which the following is a specification. j i

The invention relates to camisoles orsimilar articles of lingerie which are Supported or hung from the shoulders of the wearer,

and'more particularly to the provision of means for supporting a garment of thls piece,.and which can be very readily appliedor removed when the garment is to be laundered, and which will be attractive in appearance.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in theaccompanying drawing, in;

which Fig. 1 is a perspective v ew of the garment and its supporting means in place;

Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views of'two forms of the invention with the garment omitted.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the device com prises a strap or ribbon having its portions near its ends, as 1011, run or threaded through the front upper edge of the garment 12, after which portions 1 3l4 extend upwardly to the shoulders.

At the shoulders the portions 13-14 are looped over each other, 1516, and continued downwardly at 1718, to a point adjacent the arm pit of the wearer. From here the ribbon is threaded or run. through the upper edge of the garment again, thence under the arm, as at 19-20. to a point behind cal embodiment of the invention the arm pit.

The strap or ribbon beyond the portions 192O then again leaves the garment and passes up to the shoulder, as at 2122, Fig. 2, where the loops 38-39 are forme'd, with which the loops 15 -16 engage.

Beyond the loops 3839 thestrap or ribbon is again run downwardly, as at 23-24=, and then forms thehorizontal portion 25,

which is run or threaded through the upper edge of the goods of the garment at the back in the same manner as already described for portions 10-11.

siwhileltlieistrap oii'ribhoii lisd s. rihe l a i being threaded through the edge zofthe garment, shown as a net-like border in the figure, it willbe understoodthat any desirable manner of running the strap, which willmake the same readily removable, 'may be utilized. The ends 2627 may be tied in a 1 how 28, as plainly, shown inFig. 1

In the vform of the invention shownin Fig. 3, theparts 10 and 11 instead ofpassing through loops at the shoulder, form the parts 29-30 which run completely over-the shoulder in a diagonaldirection to a portion wearer. The portions 31.-32 are run through the goods of the garment to a position closely adjacent the forward portion of the arm pit whenthey emerge/from the goods and, as portions 33-34 are extendedoverthe shoulder in a diagonal direction, crossing the parts 29-30 and forming the portion 35 at the back of the garment, which portion is directly in the rear or the arm pit of the i run through the'goods of the garment. The

ends 3637 of this form of also be tied in a'bo-w, U

It isfound that'a strap formed'of ribbon the device may and run as described is very comfortable to wear and has no tendency to slip jClOWIl ofi the shoulders, thus relieving the wearer of the necessity offawlrward, and sometimes embarrassing movements required to replace the ordinary form of suspension means in position. 5

g A further advantageof this improved garment support consists in the fact that it avoids the tearing of the garment to which it is attached, duein some'measure' to the greater area ofcontact therewith, andthe further fact that it' yields with the movements ofthe wearer, thus" avoiding strain on any particular portion "of. such garment.

Minor changesmay be made in thephysiwithout departing from its spirit.

claim: n I f 1. In combination with a garment, a sup port comprising a front strap section and a y rear strap section, each sectioncomprising an inverted 'V shaped strap portion with the apices of the V shaped portions interlooped" and the arms of the.\! shapedporti'ons at tached to the garment.=" 2. In combination with a-'garment,-Ia support, comprising astrap engaging thegari 110 ment through alportion of the frontth'ereof and a portion of: the back thereof, extending from suchengaged portions diagonally upwardly and outwardly from front and back to the top of the shoulder of the wearer, thence downwardly and outwardly from the top out the shoulder to points adjacent the front and rear of the arm pit, and engaging the garment under the arm pit.

3. In combinationwith' a garment, a sup-4 port comprising a ribbon engaging the garment through a portion of thefrontthereof ISA-BEL I LIKENS GATES. 

